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Host Defense and the Airway Epithelium: Frontline Responses That Protect against Bacterial Invasion and Pneumonia
Airway epithelial cells are the first line of defense against invading microbes, and they protect themselves through the production of carbohydrate and protein matrices concentrated with antimicrobial products. In addition, they act as sentinels, expressing pattern recognition receptors that become...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE-Hindawi Access to Research
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3335569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22567325 http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/249802 |